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and he now has a plan for afghanistan. yes, i would have hoped we would have had a way to bring our troops home sooner, but that depends on actions taken by the afghanis as well. i think we sent a clear message. >> do you think the president -- since there will be twice as many troops when he runs for re-election as had he first ran, do you think he will pay for this in his liberal base? do you think they hold it against him? >> i hope not. he has taken us on a course to finish the war and is finishing the war in iraq. he is the president. he has a plan, and that's something that we have not had before. i think that our progressive base of which i consider myself proudly a part, it will turn out for the president because -- >> despite some disappointments? >> in other words, unless you want to run for president yourself you will never have it all your own way. and as a base of its nature, god bless the base is of its nature, dissatisfied, persistent, relentless, and that's a good thing. the president has a different role.
and he now has a plan for afghanistan. yes, i would have hoped we would have had a way to bring our troops home sooner, but that depends on actions taken by the afghanis as well. i think we sent a clear message. >> do you think the president -- since there will be twice as many troops when he runs for re-election as had he first ran, do you think he will pay for this in his liberal base? do you think they hold it against him? >> i hope not. he has taken us on a course to finish the...
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. >> all the people in iraq and afghanistan. that's not so much. $3 billion. people all around the world. what else? >> we have to take care of unemployment insurance. >> although people struggling out there. you know they must be taken care of. that's $13 billion. what else? too snigs. >> well, we have to pay veterans benefits. we have to take care of our veterans. >> we're taking care of our veterans. that's $3 billion more. you can't forget your federal salaries here. all the people who make the government run. are you going to throw those in? >> of course. >> we put those in. what else do you want to pay for here? >> you've got it. people who get irs refunds. what about those people? >> 77% of the country gets irs refunds. we have to take care of those people. you're almost there? what else do you want? >> tuition assistance. education. >> all those young people are going to need jobs. you're over here. and now, do you know what? i showed up at your door. i'm an advocate for the poor in this country. i'm telling you if you don't put in food and nutrition s
. >> all the people in iraq and afghanistan. that's not so much. $3 billion. people all around the world. what else? >> we have to take care of unemployment insurance. >> although people struggling out there. you know they must be taken care of. that's $13 billion. what else? too snigs. >> well, we have to pay veterans benefits. we have to take care of our veterans. >> we're taking care of our veterans. that's $3 billion more. you can't forget your federal salaries...
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. >>> and a developing story out of afghanistan this morning, where the afghan president, that md karzai, says the united states is involved with peace talks with the taliban. he announced this at a youth conference in kabul today. so far, no confirmation we're getting yet from the u.s. earlier, i talked with cnn's barbara starr, our pentagon correspondent, about this development. >> it has long been said that afghanistan will be solved by a political settlement taliban and the insurgents. you can't kill them all, this is not going to happen. so there will be, eventually, it is hoped, some type of political settlement. what is going on is, certainly, the u.s. is trying to identify key insurgent leaders that they potentially could work, that they and nato could work with. for months now, they have been reintegrating individual fighters back into their communities. they release them from detention and eventually send them back into their communities and try and develop a little forward momentum that way. but one of the big problems right now is when you say the taliban, who are they? there
. >>> and a developing story out of afghanistan this morning, where the afghan president, that md karzai, says the united states is involved with peace talks with the taliban. he announced this at a youth conference in kabul today. so far, no confirmation we're getting yet from the u.s. earlier, i talked with cnn's barbara starr, our pentagon correspondent, about this development. >> it has long been said that afghanistan will be solved by a political settlement taliban and the...
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he's deploying to the front lines of afghanistan to treat the war wound. but before he goes, he along with other military medical personnel will complete a tour of duty here at the university of maryland shock trauma center in baltimore. sharpening their ability to deal with critical trauma patients. >> the wounds appear to be superficial. >> category "a" now. >> trauma. >> trooper one. 15 up, 10 minutes back, fall from tree. category "a," priority 1. >> every day, dozens of trauma patients are wheeled into these bays. some are accident victims. this young man came with multiple stab wounds. but right alongside the civilian trauma doctors, nurses and techs, military personnel. colonel david powers, a surgeon, runs the military training program here. >> the injuries i've treated here and that i see her at this hospital are the closest thing to the injuries i saw in iraq that i've experienced in the continental united states. >> >> reporter: listen to what powers has encountered in recent weeks here. >> i've had a gentleman whose entire scalp was torn off in
he's deploying to the front lines of afghanistan to treat the war wound. but before he goes, he along with other military medical personnel will complete a tour of duty here at the university of maryland shock trauma center in baltimore. sharpening their ability to deal with critical trauma patients. >> the wounds appear to be superficial. >> category "a" now. >> trauma. >> trooper one. 15 up, 10 minutes back, fall from tree. category "a," priority 1....
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and for senior airman trevor crowder arriving back from afghanistan -- >> it was the second best reunion i've had since getting back. >> reporter: the best being the one with his wife whitney. >> i think he remembers you. >> he didn't get out of trevor ace face for probably a solid week. >> reporter: from humongous dogs to tiny ones like these two dachshunds, canine reunions are running rampant on youtube. from baying beagles to whimpering molly, crying over the return of her air force captain owner, one thing most of these doggy reunions have in common is they can turn a macho soldier into a baby-talking softy. while others talk to their dogs like adults. >> i missed you so bad, hon any. i'm so sorry i went away. >> you're going to make me cry. >> reporter: soldiers locked in a canine embrace. >> oh. >> he wants to have direct eye contact to make sure that i was here. >> reporter: the doggy reunion can even eclipse the human one when the lady of the house handed her man the camera to show off her welcome home ensemble. >> your lovely outfit. >> yes. >> oh. >> reporter: kodiak kept steal
and for senior airman trevor crowder arriving back from afghanistan -- >> it was the second best reunion i've had since getting back. >> reporter: the best being the one with his wife whitney. >> i think he remembers you. >> he didn't get out of trevor ace face for probably a solid week. >> reporter: from humongous dogs to tiny ones like these two dachshunds, canine reunions are running rampant on youtube. from baying beagles to whimpering molly, crying over the...
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after hard-fought success in iraq, it was onto afghanistan. those stripes on his sleeve? each mean six months in a combat zone. each an example of the determination he showed at a very early age. was he the guy in eighth grade who was always raising his hand? >> he always knew the answer. he was always ready for class. he was always -- always had that smile. >> reporter: at west point, the yearbook describes the cadet, always going for it in sports, academics, leadership and even his social life. that was a reference to the young woman petraeus was dating, the daughter of the west point superintendent, who remains at petraeus' side today with their two children. and that cia job that awaits? don't expect this very public figure to disappear entirely from the spotlight. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> congratulations, general, and thank you for your service. that's all for us tonight. as you know, we're always reporting on abcnews.com. and don't forget to watch "nightline" later. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." have a good night. captioned by closed captioning ser
after hard-fought success in iraq, it was onto afghanistan. those stripes on his sleeve? each mean six months in a combat zone. each an example of the determination he showed at a very early age. was he the guy in eighth grade who was always raising his hand? >> he always knew the answer. he was always ready for class. he was always -- always had that smile. >> reporter: at west point, the yearbook describes the cadet, always going for it in sports, academics, leadership and even...
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after hard-fought success in iraq, it was onto afghanistan. those stripes on his sleeve? each mean six months in a combat zone. each an example of the determination he showed at a very early age. was he the guy in eighth grade who was always raising his hand? >> he always knew the answer. he was always ready for class. he was always -- always had that smile. >> reporter: at west point, the yearbook describes the cadet, always going for it in sports, academics, leadership and even his social life. that was a reference to the young woman petraeus was dating, the daughter of the west point superintendent, who remains at petraeus' side today with their two children. and that cia job that awaits? don't expect this very public figure to disappear entirely from the spotlight. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> congratulations, general, and thank you for your service. that's all for us tonight. as you know, we're always reporting on abcnews.com. and don't forget to watch "nightline" later. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." have a good night. [ man ] i got this new citi thanky
after hard-fought success in iraq, it was onto afghanistan. those stripes on his sleeve? each mean six months in a combat zone. each an example of the determination he showed at a very early age. was he the guy in eighth grade who was always raising his hand? >> he always knew the answer. he was always ready for class. he was always -- always had that smile. >> reporter: at west point, the yearbook describes the cadet, always going for it in sports, academics, leadership and even...
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when he came into office he wanted to wind down iraq, get afghanistan stable. he feels like he's made progress on those. he doesn't want a third war. he realizes that it's a slippery slope. we saw this in afghanistan and potentially we're seeing it in lipia. >> people talk all the time about we're not going to have ground troops, not be there. but there have been a lot of reports that the cia is there and has been for some time. how do those two match up? >> it's like one of those definitions of what kind of boot? we have our own cia personnel. m.i.-6. the c.i.a. has a much bigger presence. the british have a huge quantity of special elite troops. we have our personnel, british personnel. i would also be stunned if by the end of this we did not have elite american special operations personnel there too. there seems to be a slippery slope that starts picking up snow. by the end you have american troops on the ground. >> the president gave a very big speech on monday night. he described the goal of this mission as preventing gaddafi from slaughterering his own pe
when he came into office he wanted to wind down iraq, get afghanistan stable. he feels like he's made progress on those. he doesn't want a third war. he realizes that it's a slippery slope. we saw this in afghanistan and potentially we're seeing it in lipia. >> people talk all the time about we're not going to have ground troops, not be there. but there have been a lot of reports that the cia is there and has been for some time. how do those two match up? >> it's like one of those...
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after hard-fought success in iraq, it was onto afghanistan. those stripes on his sleeve? each mean six months in a combat zone. each an example of the determination he showed at a very early age. was david petraeus the guy in eighth grade who was always raising his hand? >> he always knew the answer. he was always ready for class. he was always -- always had that smile. >> reporter: at west point, the yearbook describes the cadet, , "always going for it in sports, academics, leadership and even in his social life." that was a reference to the young woman petraeus was dating, the daughter of the west point superintendent, who remains at petraeus' side today with their two children. and that cia job that awaits? don't expect this very public figure to disappear entirely from the spotlight. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> congratulations, general, and thank you for your service. that's all for us tonight. as you know, we're always reporting on abcnews.com. and don't forget to watch "nightline" later. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." have a good night. >>> half a bill
after hard-fought success in iraq, it was onto afghanistan. those stripes on his sleeve? each mean six months in a combat zone. each an example of the determination he showed at a very early age. was david petraeus the guy in eighth grade who was always raising his hand? >> he always knew the answer. he was always ready for class. he was always -- always had that smile. >> reporter: at west point, the yearbook describes the cadet, , "always going for it in sports, academics,...
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will they handle it across the country as troops are transitioned out of afghanistan, kelly. >> yeah, we appreciate your report. keep us posted on what the latest developments might be, as they occur. connor, thank you. >> here is comes, folks, a fox extreme weather alert. i guess winter is here, after record heat and hurricanes, mother nature is putting the icing on the cake. anywhere from four to eight inches of snow, could be more in your area, more expected along the east coast and even in new york city, a live look at time square, not even november, and flakes are coming down and people are beginning the winter preparations ahead of schedule, and very few smiles to be seen. >> it was like, oh, oh, not happy at all. and i was surprised that we were having so much the the thought of one to six, anywhere going north and it was disturbing to us and destroud my weekend plans. >> i think it's kind of crazy, honestly. i didn't think it would actually come and i thought we'd get there sooner than unusual, but i didn't think it would be now. >> and neither did we, mary harrigan and chief
will they handle it across the country as troops are transitioned out of afghanistan, kelly. >> yeah, we appreciate your report. keep us posted on what the latest developments might be, as they occur. connor, thank you. >> here is comes, folks, a fox extreme weather alert. i guess winter is here, after record heat and hurricanes, mother nature is putting the icing on the cake. anywhere from four to eight inches of snow, could be more in your area, more expected along the east coast...
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one afghanistan, one is called libya. the norwegian troops in both places. and finally, jenna, it's too early to tell, of course, who is behind this. this is just speculation. we are waiting for some claim of responsibility. we're also waiting for a news conference from police where at least we can get some of the basics here to find out what kind of bomb it was and, as you say, unclear right now whether it was one bomb or more. jenna? jenna: back to greg burke as we get more. brand new details by way of the associated press, and as you can understand it, the wires and reports changing minute by minute. but the associated press reporting that two people are confirmed dead by police in norway, 15 injured. more information as we get it. >>> in the meantime, president obama's holding a town hall calling for a balanced approach to reduce the deficit, the debt, the debt ceiling. we've got a lot to cover here today. rick: well said, jenna, that's not easy. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. rick: and i'm rick folbaum if in for jon. the amount of money the govern
one afghanistan, one is called libya. the norwegian troops in both places. and finally, jenna, it's too early to tell, of course, who is behind this. this is just speculation. we are waiting for some claim of responsibility. we're also waiting for a news conference from police where at least we can get some of the basics here to find out what kind of bomb it was and, as you say, unclear right now whether it was one bomb or more. jenna? jenna: back to greg burke as we get more. brand new details...
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mission in afghanistan has been accomplished. but gates, who just finished his final visit to afghanistan, argues now is not the time to let up. in an interview with "60 minutes," he said the first withdrawal should not reduce combat troops. >> i hope he can find a way to bring a significant number of people out that aren't combat troops so we can keep carrying the fight to the pal ban. >> reporter: scott, general petraeus is back in the u.s. in at the end of the week and he's carrying those recommendations with him. >> pelley: thank you, david. surprising news on s.u.v.s tonight. a new safety study tells us what we didn't know. a scandal in america has touched off a debate in france. and a principal comes to the rescue of homeless school kids when the "cbs evening news" continues. [ male announcer ] this is charlie whose morning flight to london starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight. or...choose aleve and 2
mission in afghanistan has been accomplished. but gates, who just finished his final visit to afghanistan, argues now is not the time to let up. in an interview with "60 minutes," he said the first withdrawal should not reduce combat troops. >> i hope he can find a way to bring a significant number of people out that aren't combat troops so we can keep carrying the fight to the pal ban. >> reporter: scott, general petraeus is back in the u.s. in at the end of the week and...
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forces in afghanistan. a senior official told cnn that the president will announce he is ordering the withdrawal of all 33,000 surge forces in afghanistan by the end of the next summer, 2012. that is sooner than a lot of people believed. let's go straight to brianna keilar. you and other reporters at the white house have been getting briefings. what do you hear? >> reporter: from that senior official, here's the break down on pulling out all 3,000 of the surge troops by the end of the year. 10,000 out by the end of 2011 and the remaining 23,000 surge troops would be out no later than september 2012. keep manage mind that still leaves a significant number of u.s. troops, about 70,000 in afghanistan until 2014, but this is quicker than initial reports that we were hearing and you should expect tonight when the president addresses the nation that he will be justifying these drawdown numbers by touting successes that whout officials have been framing like this and they made significant strides in diminishing al
forces in afghanistan. a senior official told cnn that the president will announce he is ordering the withdrawal of all 33,000 surge forces in afghanistan by the end of the next summer, 2012. that is sooner than a lot of people believed. let's go straight to brianna keilar. you and other reporters at the white house have been getting briefings. what do you hear? >> reporter: from that senior official, here's the break down on pulling out all 3,000 of the surge troops by the end of the...
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when joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen made an unannounced visit to afghanistan, troops asked him how a u.s. default would affect their paychecks. >> one of the concerns that -- that young men and women expressed to me on this trip is here we are halfway around the world, fighting our country's wars, and i've got to worry about a paycheck potentially on the 15th of august, which is what would be the first payday, if you will, that from my understanding would be in jeopardy if, in fact, we default. >> the soldiers also pressed mullen about the debt debates impact on overall military operations. >>> a u.s. default could certainly hurt world markets. as the u.s. dollar plays a critical role in global economies. joining me right now by phone to discuss the impact of the debt crisis on the asian markets which begin to open in less than three hours from now, pauline chiou. how do you expect the markets may react from the dribblings of a possible deal? >> reporter: yes. dribble, dribble, yeah. we're hanging on to every word of what's coming out of washington. even though it's the ear
when joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen made an unannounced visit to afghanistan, troops asked him how a u.s. default would affect their paychecks. >> one of the concerns that -- that young men and women expressed to me on this trip is here we are halfway around the world, fighting our country's wars, and i've got to worry about a paycheck potentially on the 15th of august, which is what would be the first payday, if you will, that from my understanding would be in jeopardy if, in...
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about to be deployed to afghanistan. on his first dotour and applied for conscientious objector status and his superiors rejected that and an army deputy assistant secretary of the army review board overturned that and he was found to have child pornography on his government computer and were looking into that charge when he went awol july 4th and he was found in texas recently, and he's in the custody of the killeen police department now, we are told and what has authorities concerned is when they found him, we're told from two sources, he had some sort of explosive materials in a backpack as well as jihadist materials and, given the proximity to killeen, to fort hood, there was concern that there could be a looming, impending attack on fort hood, somewhat similar to that terrible november 5th, 2009 attack, when major nadal killed 13 soldiers on fort hood base, bill. bill: this was on the eve of his first deployment to afghanistan. and he goes awol. and that was back on the fourth of july. and now has been arrested? or
about to be deployed to afghanistan. on his first dotour and applied for conscientious objector status and his superiors rejected that and an army deputy assistant secretary of the army review board overturned that and he was found to have child pornography on his government computer and were looking into that charge when he went awol july 4th and he was found in texas recently, and he's in the custody of the killeen police department now, we are told and what has authorities concerned is when...
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you saw the press release of al-qaeda or the taliban said in afghanistan. they said the western media and western governments have dismissed this as free speech. instead of condemning terry jones after the fact. -- >> sean: who? you just heard general petraeus condemn it. who do you want to condemn it? >> key word here sean with your selective hearing is condemning it after the fact this happened march 20th. >> sean: who? who? >> condemn the hatred against -- let me finish. let me explain myself so i could have a word in. >> sean: we don't have a lot of time. >> if we would have condemned it way beforehand this would have nipped the violence. i think the people there are violently reacting -- >> sean: people did condemn it. why do people react in anger? >> their anger is because they are under a 10 year occupies. they've seen tens of thousands of their own people getting killed. >> you are justifying it. [ talking over each other ] >> there's a continuum of radicalization. this is one end point of an ideology of political islam that feeds into this type of
you saw the press release of al-qaeda or the taliban said in afghanistan. they said the western media and western governments have dismissed this as free speech. instead of condemning terry jones after the fact. -- >> sean: who? you just heard general petraeus condemn it. who do you want to condemn it? >> key word here sean with your selective hearing is condemning it after the fact this happened march 20th. >> sean: who? who? >> condemn the hatred against -- let me...
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. >> starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year. and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer. fully recovering the surge i announce at west point. >> that was president obama wednesday night, overruling his military advisors and pulling the the plug on the afghan's troop surge he ordered just 18 months ago. have the goals of the surge been achieved and can the mission on the ground in afghanistan succeed once the draw down begins. let's ask bret stevens and editorial board member matt comiskey. so, the military advisors, chairman of the joint chiefs, militia mullen and general david petraeus say they can still accomplish the mission. what are your sources telling you? >> they are clearly against this none of the military advisors back the plan. they know on mullen's testimony on the hill, this is much riskier and brings with it a much higher chance of failure and short circuits the strategy that the president set out only 18 months ago. and they've made gains over to the east and they're not sure the
. >> starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year. and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer. fully recovering the surge i announce at west point. >> that was president obama wednesday night, overruling his military advisors and pulling the the plug on the afghan's troop surge he ordered just 18 months ago. have the goals of the surge been achieved and can the mission on the ground in afghanistan...
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but this stealth fighter really wouldn't be used in conflicts like iraq and afghanistan. it would be used against countries with serious air defense systems. alisyn: did you ask them to give you a ride in that? >> we had a ride in an as bring which was he -- a ride in an osprey which was equally cool. alisyn: a tribute to a fallen soldier. a special interview with his family about a foundation set up in his name to help our veterans and families of other fallen heros. >> the son of a marine, travis aspired to follow in his father's footsteps and was accepted by the u.s. naval academy. extra vision was killed by a sniper while attempting to save his fellow marines from danger. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ ma announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. >> our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay. but we cannot sacrifice and
but this stealth fighter really wouldn't be used in conflicts like iraq and afghanistan. it would be used against countries with serious air defense systems. alisyn: did you ask them to give you a ride in that? >> we had a ride in an as bring which was he -- a ride in an osprey which was equally cool. alisyn: a tribute to a fallen soldier. a special interview with his family about a foundation set up in his name to help our veterans and families of other fallen heros. >> the son of...
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i want to move on to afghanistan. you had a very interesting piece in "the new york times" in which you said that the administration should take its cues in terms of its withdraw in afghanistan from nixon and kissinger's withdrawal from vietnam. that is not usually looked upon as a model of success. so explain what you meant. >> nixon and kissinger tried to extricate the united states from the war in vietnam. they knew they weren't going to win. they were going to lose. they tried to tiptoe away and leave the local parties to keep fighting by themselves. it almost worked. but after the u.s. got out, the whole house of cards came falling down because congress wouldn't let the government support saigon because the local parties weren't able to defend themselves and so forth. i think essentially, if the obama administration can tiptoe out of the ground combat in afghanistan while continuing to support the regime in kabul and continuing to bash the enemies and so forth, essentially you could get extrication even as essent
i want to move on to afghanistan. you had a very interesting piece in "the new york times" in which you said that the administration should take its cues in terms of its withdraw in afghanistan from nixon and kissinger's withdrawal from vietnam. that is not usually looked upon as a model of success. so explain what you meant. >> nixon and kissinger tried to extricate the united states from the war in vietnam. they knew they weren't going to win. they were going to lose. they...
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troops in afghanistan, the u.s. is currently spending $2 billion a week, and is on pace to spend i year. question, what explains general allen's seeming divergence from the commander in chief, barack obama's deadline for withdrawal by 2014 december, which is about three plus a few months, years from now. >> right. >> is it -- this commander in the field -- denying the validity of the commander in chief? >> not necessarily, more typical not announcing your withdrawal date as being vague as how long we'll be here the one thing the pentagon does to the want for the enemy to wait us out and then suddenly move in as soon as we pack up and leave. but the fact is we can't stay there forever. we are occupying the place, making progress in the tribal areas. we need to wind our effort down and turn it over to the afghans. >> you think it was purposeful disinformation on the part of the -- >> well -- >> because if you pause that sentence, he's not saying we won't be out. >> no, it will be -- >> a long period of time [everyone
troops in afghanistan, the u.s. is currently spending $2 billion a week, and is on pace to spend i year. question, what explains general allen's seeming divergence from the commander in chief, barack obama's deadline for withdrawal by 2014 december, which is about three plus a few months, years from now. >> right. >> is it -- this commander in the field -- denying the validity of the commander in chief? >> not necessarily, more typical not announcing your withdrawal date as...
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draw down afghanistan and the war in iraq. that saves money. the other one retitive systems. the f35, there was a dual engine, the projects 15, 20 years. it was killed in the 2011 budget deal. john boehner cared about that, built outside of his district. he let that stay. individual pjects like that ll go operational costs will come down. gates hada big role in yes, did. >> gohead. >>ea i think they'll center to try to cut the @@defense buet by, i don't know,@0 -- 50, 100 billion, dollars00 billion is the numbe" i've seen over 10 years. >> okay with reducing the budget? >> yes. >>worry you? >> china -- >> if we don't maintain a@ position of worl military superiority we won't be the number one in the@wod, check? >> if we let our economy down the toilet, we won't be number one in the world@either. and we cat afford this! >> we're not number one militaly in the world -- in @@ our -- in our circumstances. we will still -] @@not be the number one [everyone talki at once] worlds power? next 15 countries we'll still power. number one military [everyone talking at once]@@ >> nal powe
draw down afghanistan and the war in iraq. that saves money. the other one retitive systems. the f35, there was a dual engine, the projects 15, 20 years. it was killed in the 2011 budget deal. john boehner cared about that, built outside of his district. he let that stay. individual pjects like that ll go operational costs will come down. gates hada big role in yes, did. >> gohead. >>ea i think they'll center to try to cut the @@defense buet by, i don't know,@0 -- 50, 100 billion,...
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there's a new enemy for the 90,000 troops deployed in afghanistan and more than 45,000 in iraq. it's the threat of a government shutdown that could leave their families back home with a lot less in their bank accounts to make ends meet. >> they really count on that paycheck being there when it's supposed to and the effect of a shutdown would be devastating to many of our military families. >> defense secretary robert gates told troops in iraq thursday that their next paycheck would be half the normal amount and they wouldn't get paid at all the next pay period if the shutdown continued. >> as a marine corps military child of the year, taylor? [ applause ] >> that prospect was on the minds of many at an event tonight honoring the nation's top military children. >> tonight i want you to that know my husband and i are proud of you. >> chief master sergeant mike guess got back from afghanistan just in time to see his daughter nicole pick up her award. this veteran knows firsthand how devastating a shutdown can be for military families. >> i think it does probably add a little bit of
there's a new enemy for the 90,000 troops deployed in afghanistan and more than 45,000 in iraq. it's the threat of a government shutdown that could leave their families back home with a lot less in their bank accounts to make ends meet. >> they really count on that paycheck being there when it's supposed to and the effect of a shutdown would be devastating to many of our military families. >> defense secretary robert gates told troops in iraq thursday that their next paycheck would...
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-- home from afghanistan this summer. understand there will be more fighting in the months and years to come, but i am confident because of the service of men and women like leroy we will be able to say of this generation what president reagan once said of those rangers who took the cliffs on d-day. these are the heros who helped end a war. i would ask all of you our rang, members of the 9/11 generation, to stand and accept the thanks of a grateful nation. [applause] [applause] >> finally, the service of leroy petry speaks to the very essence of america. that spirit that says no matter how hard the journey, no matter how steep the climb we don't quit. we don't give up. leroy lost a hand, and those wounds in his legs sometimes make it hard for him to stand, but he pushes on. and he even joined his fellow rangers for a grueling 20-mile march. he could have focused only on his own recovery, but today he helps care for other wounded warriors, inspiring them with his example. given his wounds, he could have retired from the ar
-- home from afghanistan this summer. understand there will be more fighting in the months and years to come, but i am confident because of the service of men and women like leroy we will be able to say of this generation what president reagan once said of those rangers who took the cliffs on d-day. these are the heros who helped end a war. i would ask all of you our rang, members of the 9/11 generation, to stand and accept the thanks of a grateful nation. [applause] [applause] >>...
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. >>> an american soldier captured in afghanistan in 2009 has been promoted a second time while in captivity. the military says bowe bergdahl was given the rank of sergeant. they traveled to his hometown of hailey, idaho to deliver the promotion to his parents. >>> you want to survive the apocalypse? we've got the solution to how to do that. you just need to move to a particular place, a village, in france. it is the place to be when the world is supposed to end next december. we will take you there next. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. >>> 37 minutes past the hour. look at this severe weather that hit colorado eastern plains yesterday. look and listen. all right. this is highway 71 you were seeing there, people going along rather slowly. reported two inches of hail. don't usually hear hail talked about, usually snow or rain in
. >>> an american soldier captured in afghanistan in 2009 has been promoted a second time while in captivity. the military says bowe bergdahl was given the rank of sergeant. they traveled to his hometown of hailey, idaho to deliver the promotion to his parents. >>> you want to survive the apocalypse? we've got the solution to how to do that. you just need to move to a particular place, a village, in france. it is the place to be when the world is supposed to end next december....